Friday, October 11th, 2013It is July 31, your birthday, and I can’t reach you. I’ve been trying all day, but the cell networks are down, the internet is down. I even tried a pay phone–there are two left in town that I know of, and I collected all of my change and walked to the 76 in the village. It was on fire. I watched it for a while from a distance as it painted a brown, toxic streak across the sky. It was a long walk back to the house, or what’s left of it. My feet hurt, and it was too quiet.

Outstanding episode. Will definitely be joining "Hollow As the World" on my mental list of People's Choice contenders.

This was one of those rare stories that I loved the first time I heard it, and then after hearing the ending and outtro, listened to it a second time just to enjoy it even more on a new level. It's really, really hard to pull off a twist that works that well, and actually makes the story even more compelling when you revisit it.

Specifically, it was the characters that really got me, and the journal format. Intimate, warm, and moving. It left me thinking about the nature of love, and how you can stand up under the worst circumstances if there's someone to share the burden with you.

“If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger.” --Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights

So last week's story made me laugh out loud in public and this week's story made me cry in public. I guess the lesson here is to be mindful of where you decide to listen to the Drabblecast?
This was such a beautiful story, the reveal was slow and the ending unexpected and somehow both touching and creepy. Very haunting imagery of the "angels" grouped together in herds at night, just standing there watching him. I wonder if anyone else the narrator loved is alive in this world. And I agree with strawman, the music and narration really just made this experience a memorable one for me.
Also, great Drabble and wow really good artwork this week! The shark/whale creatures are an interesting touch by the artist.

This is the story that made me get off my ass and register on the drabblecast forums. I needed to shout something at someone in ALL CAPS ABOUT HOW FANTASTAMAZING THIS STORY IS!!
I connected with this one so thoroughly that every word broke my heart a little until the reveal at which point I shouted in celebration out my car window at some confused bystanders.

As long as I'm posting for the first time, I'd like to state that the drabblecast has slowed my descent into madness considerably since I discovered it. or maybe its hastened it, I'm still not really sure. I do know that The Drabblecast has made the pizza delivery business not only tolerable, but actually enjoyable!

Damn you Damn you Damn you Damn you Drabblecast. Second night this week I've listened to an episode in bed, and THEN COULDN'T GET TO SLEEP!!!

I've gotten very tired of apocalypse stories. They are just such a drag to listen to. The horror, the imagination is gone for me.

This story pretended to be an apocalypse story. It instead developed into a truly fantastic, gripping story. The dialogue was so incredibly natural, the reveal so very slow paced and welcome. Perfect short story fare, leaving you imagining everything that this new world is and will be.

The intro and outro implied that Christie Yant is not an extremely experienced author. If that is the case, wow. This was a masterful work.